No Spark ?

[Guest ross313]

hey all have just pick up a 1.9 205 gti out of a garage where it was stood for 5 years.

 

its solid need 2 patchs of welding a a few other bits and peices for the mot iv had it running and it ran like a dream!

 

but after you have driven it for a little bit if it cuts out or you turn it off it wont restart for sum reason.

 

and now it has not spark what so eva any one have any ideas ??

[DrSarty 90 1 Cars]

Start by checking all connections; something could've simply worked loose.

 

If you have no spark (and that's all that's wrong), then it could simply be:

* King HT lead (coil to centre of dizzy cap) off or FUBAR'd

* Rotor arm inside dizzy or the dizzy cap itself FUBAR'd

* Coil itself FUBAR'd

* Ignition amp failure (flat thing with a blue plastic bit in the middle bolted on a metal plate to the inner wing)

 

Try that lot first, and if that doesn't find the fault then go look to see if it's fuelling. To do that, remove the fuel rail complete with some plastic cups under the injectors and crank the engine.

 

If it's not fuelling either then the issue is likely to be the crank angle sensor (or wiring to it) on the gearbox or an ECU problem.

 

Otherwise, can I recommend you try searching for 'no spark' type threads, as the above has been typed many times to fix the same problem. I only say that as it's your first post, and you need to get used to using the forum's existing threads first before repeating something that's been covered many times before.